BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3620@royaltonradio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20250518 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20250519 DTSTAMP:20250417T164501Z URL:https://www.royaltonradio.org/events/the-bookstock-festival-in-woodsto ck-2025-05-18/ SUMMARY:The Bookstock Festival in Woodstock! DESCRIPTION:\nBookstock 2025 Events\n\n\n\nThe Bookstock Festival\, May 16\ , 17\, 18\n\n\n\n\n\nAnnouncing 2025 Bookstock Festival Authors\n\nWe are pleased to announce some of the amazing authors that will be at the Bookst ock Festival on May 16 – 18th.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry at Bookstock 20 25\n\nPresenting poetry from notable and provocative poets has been part o f\nBookstock since the beginning — and this year’s festival has plenty to offer\npoetry lovers.\n\nBookstock opens opens with a poetry performan ce by Bimpé Fageyinbo on May 16\;\nfeatures a reading by Robert Pinsky on May 17\; and spotlights poets Chard\ndeNiord\, Didi Jackson\, Major Jacks on\, and Alison Prine at our Poetry Festival\non May 18. Plus you can have a poem custom written for you by Poet For Hire\nBen Aleshire and join Bim pé Fageyinbo’s workshop The Art of Poetic\nConversation on May 18. Book stock is a free event\; you do need a ticket for\nthe readings and the Boo kstock Poetry Festival.\n\nHere’s information about the poets and when a nd where you’ll find them:\n\nBEN ALESHIRE\, a Vermonter by birth\, trav els the world with his Olivetti\ntypewriter as the 'Poet for Hire’ and c omposes poems to order for strangers.\n(May 16\, 1-5 pm\; 17\, 10-5 pm\; 1 8\, 10-1 pm\; The Green\, Woodstock)\n\nCHARD deNIORD is the author of nin e books of poetry and served as poet\nlaureate of Vermont from 2015 to 201 9. (Bookstock Poetry Festival\, May 18\,\n10:30 am\, The Little Theater\, Woodstock)\n\nBIMPE FAGEYINBO is a Nigerian artist who weaves poetry\, fil m\, prose\, and\ndocumentary photography into her work to explore humankin d’s profound inner\nquestions. She’s part of Bookstock’s Opening Nig ht\n(https://bookstockvt.org/session/opening-event/) (May 16\, 6:30 pm\; A rtistree\,\nPomfret) and leads a workshop on The Art of Poetic Conversatio n\n(https://bookstockvt.org/session/poetic-conversation/)\, for which we c harge a\nsmall fee. (May 18\, 1 pm\; The Little Theater\, Woodstock)\n\nDI DI JACKSON\, a recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Robert H. Wi nner\nMemorial Award. has published in in major poetry journals\, includin g The New\nYorker\, and in two collections. (Bookstock Poetry Festival\, M ay 18\, 10:30 am\;\nThe Little Theater\, Woodstock)\n\nMAJOR JACKSON\, the author of six volumes of poetry\, has won many major awards\nfor his work \, including a Pushcart Prize. He is poetry editor of the Harvard\nReview. (Bookstock Poetry Festival\, May 18\, 10:30 am\; The Little Theater\,\nWo odstock)\n\nROBERT PINSKY was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1997 to 2000.\nHis many honors include The Lifetime Achievement Award from the PEN American\nCenter. (May 17\, 11 am\; St. James Church\, Woodstock) \n\nALISON PRINE’s latest collection of poems won the 2023 Sappho’s Pr ize in\nPoetry. Her debut collection was a finalist for the 2017 Vermont B ook Award.\n(Bookstock Poetry Festival\, May 18\, 10:30 am\, The Little Th eater\, Woodstock)\n\nGet tickets\, schedule\, and more info:\nhttps://boo kstockvt.org/bookstock-poetry/ (you’ll need a free ticket for\nreadings and the Bookstock Poetry Festival)\n\nWhat else does Bookstock offer? Lots : our famous book sale of almost-new and\ncharmingly old volumes\; a poetr y festival\; hands-on workshops\; author readings\nand presentations\; eve nts for children\; great food\; and many more festivities.\nTo keep up to date\, subscribe for our email updates\n(https://bookstockvt.org/subscribe /)\; email us (info@bookstockvt.org\n<\;info@bookstockvt.org>\;)\; or follow us on Instagram (@bookstockvt).\n\n LOCATION:historic buildings around Woodstock’s lovely Green\, Woodstock G reen\, Woodstock\, VT\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Woodstock Green\, Woodstock \, VT\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=historic buildings around Woodstock’s lovely Green:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR